Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
| 2 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 3 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 4 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 5 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 6 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 7 | His own oeuvre , lacking perhaps the soaring inspiration of Paul De Lamerie [ q.v. ] or Paul Crespin , nevertheless places him in the first rank . |
| 8 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 9 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 10 | The most glaring sin is the failure of husbands adequately to interact with their wives ' ideas , and the ultimate wrong-headedness of not consulting her in the first place . |
| 11 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |
| 12 | The Church no doubt helped to speed up the decline of slavery ; it did not cause it in the first place . |
| 13 | ‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down . |
| 14 | We do n't actually want to catch people shoplifting , our aim is to try to put them off doing it in the first place . ’ |
| 15 | We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place . |
| 16 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 17 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
| 18 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 19 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 20 | I 'd been hurt — the man I thought loved me had not only jilted me and stolen my money , but admitted that he had n't wanted me in the first place . |
| 21 | If nobody damn well tells them in the first place that they can opt out then they ca n't opt out can they ? |
| 22 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm very lucky because I 'm sure there are loads of managers who get fed up with their artists music or maybe never even liked it in the first place ! |
| 24 | If you have any complaints , please address them in the first instance to the Warden/Manager who is authorised to deal with them . |
| 25 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |
| 26 | Batty and Speed although not finished products were reasonably good players when Wilko arrived and Bremnar was fairly consistently playing them in the first team . |
| 27 | How do you in the first place ? |
| 28 | The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ? |
| 29 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 30 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |